Description

John F. Kennedy Inscribed Photograph Signed. Measuring
10.25" x 13.25" (sight), this iconic black and white, Louis Fabian
Bachrach photograph shows the president, chest up in a pin-stripe
suit, staring directly at the camera, a slight rise on the left
side of his lips. Mounted to a backing board, Kennedy has placed an
inscription directly below the photograph, reading: "For
Clarence Cannon - a distinguished and valued public servant with
the esteem and very best wishes of his friend. John F.
Kennedy." Light silvering around the edges. Framed to an
overall size of 16.25" x 20.25".

After his first sitting had been cancelled, Bachrach went to
Washington from Boston for a second try. Of the sitting, he said,
"I waited for Kennedy for eight hours. When he arrived, he wasn't
too pleased that I was there. He gave me only 10 minutes, but I had
the pose all figured out beforehand -- a sitting pose. It became
his official portrait."